**Help! Concrete Patios Surrounded By Grass - Certified SoftWash Roof Cleaning

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

**Help! Concrete Patios Surrounded By Grass

Michael Derose · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

I would flip step one and two in your about e scenario. We apply the solution then surface clean over top diluting the mix. We usually fly threw the concrete when doing it this way

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

Excellent feedback - thanks! Everything else look ok? .20 sq.ft charge sound about right?

The bid works out to be about $6000

Jeff Thompson · Junior Member

I agree with Michael as well. The rest of your plan sounds fine.

Jeff Thompson · Junior Member

I charge .20 sq ft for flatwork as well.

Michael Derose · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

That price is right on

Lee Kendall · Junior Member

all that sounds good.. I wouldnt tell them it will last 4-6 times longer than pressure washing though.. they will have you back there in 2 years doing it for free lol

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

Lee Kendall wrote:
all that sounds good.. I wouldnt tell them it will last 4-6 times longer than pressure washing though.. they will have you back there in 2 years doing it for free lol

Thanks Lee - noted! All I can go off at this point is other people's marketing materials. I am literally green with all this. I haven't even bought or used SH yet... Definitely a little nervous, but I'm studying and learning as fast and as hard as I can.

Do you guys buy your SH from pool shops or online?

Ray Burke · Community Member

What Mike Derose said...also if you apply first, then SC, it will help with your rinsing.

Steve Salley · Junior Member

Brandon

Just follow this advice given here. We will pretreat a really heavily infested concrete section and let it dwell while we do the roofs, housewashing or whatever and then when we fire up the SC, the release from the concrete is quick and dramatic to the customer

John Aloisio · SoftWash Systems 5-Star Professional

Brandon,

to reply to you second question. We all buy our SH from various places. Some guys from Univar, some from local chemical companies And some from pool places. I personally use two different sources, but I have struck a deal with a local pool supply company, and the have the best price right now. You need to do some shopping around and see who can service your needs and has a good price. Prices range all over the country in a large margin. I am paying a little under $2.00 per gallon, I know some prices in NY have been uparoun $5.00/gallon. The guys in Florida at one time were paying around $.70/gallon.

Shop around, talk to a lot of suppliers and find a company that fits your needs.

Dan Dykstra · Senior Member

Sounds like you have got some real good advice from some very good people. You should have no problem taking on this job.

AC Lockyer · Administrator

Thanks for jumping in and getting this one Y'all.

AC

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

AC Lockyer wrote:
Thanks for jumping in and getting this one Y'all.

AC

AC - I'll see you in August. I'll be buying my plane tickets within a couple weeks!

Brandon Vaughn · SoftWash Systems Pro Staff

OK Gents, I landed this puppy. My skid is shipping out today and I just bought my dedicated SoftWash truck this week. We've scheduled it for week of Sept. 16. I did a demo using a pump up sprayer and our surface cleaner showing how we would tackle the heavy moss covered areas.

My biggest concern is with homeowners coming out onto their patios and tracking bleach water into their homes. I'm suggesting handing out flyers to all homeowners the week before we come answering FAQ's about the service.

Any of you guys have any samples of something you would use? I'm thinking somewhere would include - "Our solution is not to be tracked into homes - it will spot carpets! Please keep yourselves and your pets off your patios until they have fully dried.

Thoughts and advice?

Zach Maynard · SoftWash Systems Certified Applicator

If you apply bleach first then pressure wash after, there wouldn't be much bleach left.

AC Lockyer · Administrator

Zach Maynard wrote:
If you apply bleach first then pressure wash after, there wouldn't be much bleach left.

Correct I do the opposite.

AC

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Danny Cronauer · SoftWash Systems Certified

Brandon Vaughn wrote:
OK Gents, I landed this puppy. My skid is shipping out today and I just bought my dedicated SoftWash truck this week. We've scheduled it for week of Sept. 16. I did a demo using a pump up sprayer and our surface cleaner showing how we would tackle the heavy moss covered areas.
My biggest concern is with homeowners coming out onto their patios and tracking bleach water into their homes. I'm suggesting handing out flyers to all homeowners the week before we come answering FAQ's about the service.
Any of you guys have any samples of something you would use? I'm thinking somewhere would include - "Our solution is not to be tracked into homes - it will spot carpets! Please keep yourselves and your pets off your patios until they have fully dried.

Thoughts and advice?

I can attest I have cleaned my parent's basement carpet twice with a 1-2% mix after it had been flooded. If you spray first then surface clean it will be well diluted.

I know the claim is 4-6 times longer, but I really don't think it works like that with moss.

I had a very large area of moss that I had nuked with a 4% mix. It all disappeared after a few months, but 2 years later and its starting to form again.